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December 2003 Programs & Events

LITalk

• Thursday December 2, 7–8:30 pm
• in the Verb Café at W&B
• Free to W&B members, $3 general public

Join various W&B instructors for this unique lecture and discussion series that is sure to challenge writers of all kinds with unique topics of interest.

“She Told Me to Meet Her at 9 in the Lobby of the Plaza”

Join W&B Executive Director Joe Flaherty for an informal talk about the “unparalleled sense of place” in the modern mystery novel.

Wide Open Mike with Norm Davis

• Friday December 5, 7:30 pm
• at Daily Perks, 389 Gregory St [ map ]
• Free and open to the public

W&B is proud to sponsor Rochester’s longest running open mike program, “Wide Open Mike,” hosted by Norm Davis, local poet and editor of HazMat Review.

Senior Reading Group

• Tuesday December 9, 2–4 pm
• in the Verb Café at W&B
• Free and open to the public.

Share your writing with other senior readers and writers in a comfortable, supportive atmosphere. Hosted by Norm Davis.

F’LOOM

• Tuesday December 9, 8:00 pm
• in the Verb Café at W&B
• Admission $5 for members, $8 for the general public

Robert Kulik, Elizabeth Philips, and Rick Scott, one of Rochester’s favorite performance ensembles, brings their “a cappella, polyrhythmic sound-text” to the Verb Café for a special holiday show. You’ve got to hear them to believe them. A truly unique experience!

W&B’s Screenplay Salon

• Thursday December 18, 6–9 pm
• in the Verb Café at W&B
• Admission $6 members, $8 non-members
• Contact Karen vanMeenen for details. or 473-2590 x104

Each month join Democrat and Chronicle film critic Jack Garner for a discussion and screening of a critically acclaimed film.

The Miracle of Morgan’s Creek

• 1944, USA, 98 min., B&W
• Produced, directed and screenplay by Preston Sturges
• All Movie Guide

In 1944, with the restrictive Hays Code very much in effect, the mere fact that Preston Sturges was allowed to make The Miracle of Morgan’s Creek was remarkable in itself. After all, a comedy about a girl who gets drunk at a party with a bunch of soldiers and wakes up the next morning hung over and pregnant, with no memory of who the guilty party might be (except that his name sounded like “Ratzywatzy”), hardly conformed to Hollywood’s ideal of womanly virtue

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